China's Ministry of State Security successfully obtained State Department internal documents from an embassy office manager who was paid in cash and gifts, according to court documents in the case of Candace Claiborne, a spy for China since 2007.

Head of Southern Command, Adm. Craig S. Faller, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that Venezuela’s military and Cuban security forces are the “center of gravity” in the volatile situation between competing governments in Caracas.